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‘Land reforms in reverse gear’
4 May 2015 9:23 PM GMTAsia is seeing high consolidation of land and land reform is moving in the opposite direction, says a report by Spain-based non-profit GRAIN. Only 6...
Potato test for the Modi government
2 May 2015 10:22 PM GMTSoon after the National Democratic Alliance government announced its ambitious Price Stabilisation Fund to contain price volatility in the domestic...
Insured by community
12 March 2015 11:12 PM GMTGoni bai, a woman from the Gond tribe in Madhya Pradesh, became a widow last year. Her 35-year-old husband, Lakhan, died of an unknown illness. The...
Indian democracy’s better half
9 March 2015 9:00 PM GMTLate last year, a liquor shop owned by the Karnataka government opened in the vicinity of a school and a temple in the Hedatale panchayat which falls...
Agriculture, rural jobs, need boost
28 Feb 2015 10:11 PM GMTThis year’s budget will be the first full year budget of the Narendra Modi government. Since it is likely to set a precedent for the next four years,...
Changing landscape
25 Feb 2015 10:22 PM GMTIn 2014, India was expected to bring down widespread land-related conflicts. This is because the country got a new land acquisition law in November...
India gains support for WTO stand
16 Feb 2015 9:36 PM GMTIndia made a strong pitch for food stockpiling for public food security at the 41st session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) earlier this...
Straw for income in the state of Haryana
12 Feb 2015 10:31 PM GMTAthick haze would eclipse the sun throughout the day from late October to early November,” says Naresh Kumar of Puthar village in Haryana’s Panipat...
At market’s mercy
3 Feb 2015 11:00 PM GMTIN JULY 2014, the newly formed National Democratic Alliance government took a decision which did not attract much attention but is likely to have far...
‘Reduce food security benefits from 67% to 40% population’
24 Jan 2015 1:18 AM GMTThe high level committee set up to look into the restructuring of Food Corporation of India has recommended reducing the number of beneficiaries under...
Machiavellian moves by the state
19 Jan 2015 12:59 AM GMTOn December 21, 2014, the Rajasthan government passed an ordinance which barred illiterate candidates from contesting panchayat elections. Earlier...
Lost in the abyss
17 Jan 2015 11:39 PM GMTThe lot of the embattled Indian farmer only keeps on getting worse with the passage of time. In the last 10 years, the voluminous debt of Indian...